Northwest Side Man Dies In Fall Off Porch

June 09, 1985

Police were investigating the death of a 38-year-old Northwest Side man who fell 12 feet to his death Friday night when he pitched backward off the first-floor porch of his building during an argument with a friend.

James Ziem, of 3216 W. Diversey Ave., was climbing the stairs to his third-floor apartment when he encountered two acquaintances descending the stairway after leaving Ziem`s girlfriend in his apartment, according to police.